Category: politics

dems who define their politics as “president barack obama” r as much of a problem as glenn beck and his cronies. seriously. what’s up with these people?

?”Borrowing a page from its infamous “pacification” effort in South Vietnam, where peasant villages were napalmed and burned to the ground to “save them from the communists,” the Obama-ordered surge in Afghanistan has been secretly blowing up thousands of homes and leveling portions of the Afghan countryside.” Full article.

how effed up is this??? “Today the U.S. Senate will vote to pass bill 510, the notorious “Food Safety Modernization Act”. If S510 is passed, personal control over gardening will be severely restricted and saving seeds will be outlawed, theoretically setting the stage for a complete food monopoly by Monsanto and its GM…O agenda. In short, it will grant the U.S. government new authority over the public’s right to grow, trade and transport any foods. Food production of any kind will essentially be under the authority of the Department of Homeland Security and anyone caught growing food without permission, even in their own backyard, could be charged with a criminal offense.” Full article.

Ms. Menchú spoke of ancestors and her indigenous culture and how important it is to be connected to each other and the Earth in a deep way, not just a superficial way through Twitter and other online means. Ms. Menchú highlighted our collective disconnectedness when she asked the simple question: where does the sun ris…e? Very few in attendance could answer that question. More here.

Full body scanners share a common trait with the misdirected solutions to avoid a future 9/11 – the Patriot Act, illegal wiretapping, suspension of habeas corpus, torture, etc. The scanners represent a major intrusion into our lives, a violation of our rights, a likely health hazard, and a major diversion from the real… issue at hand – incompetence and/or deception in the handling of identified threats to the nation, individuals who somehow bypass the very security protections put in place to stop their attacks. Full article.

Lt. Col. Yehuda HaCohen, Givati 453 Rotem commander, Operation Cast Lead, whose soldiers killed two Palestinian women evacuating their home, holding white flags: ”I don’t think we have to get excited about this [Goldstone] Report so that we don’t feel we can explain why we protected our own citizens. It’s not a questio…n of morality [!]. There is a conflict between two peoples, one of which kidnaps soldiers and fires on civilians [!!!!]. This is war and civilians are harmed in it. On our side too civilians were harmed. Goldstone has to understand that we evacuated Gaza so they could lead their own lives. The ball is in their court.” Full article.

news about the screening of my film followed by a discussion with muslim members of the community at the columbus public library, in georgia. just check out the comments. unbelievable. more here.

in view of new invasive body scanners and pat-downs, know ur rights. more here.

We object to the United States proposal for Afghanistan being presented this week to NATO ministers. It is not a peace plan. It is a plan for four more years of combat by US and NATO forces. It is not a plan for US or Western troop withdrawals but for further occupation. It is a proposal to gradually lessen Western cas…ualties and lessen Western visibility while transitioning to Western-financed, Western-armed, and Western-advised Afghan army combat in a civil conflict. It is a plan for long-term Western military bases. Full article.

Analysts said the organ-trafficking case was part of a disturbing global trend in which unscrupulous traffickers take advantage of the growing waiting lists of desperate patients and the vulnerability of poor people further buffeted by the international financial crisis. Full article.

A Pakistani court has sentenced to death a Christian mother of five for blasphemy.

Aasia Bibi, 45, was sentenced on November 8, 2010 by a court in Nankana district in Punjab. She was arrested in Ittanwalai village and prosecuted under Section 295 C of the Pakistan Penal Code, and has been awarded the death penalty.

We, the undersigned, believe that Aasia Bibi, being a working class Christian woman, is one of the many victims of religious intolerance and sectarian hatred, which is protected and promoted by Pakistan’s vicious and obscene Blasphemy law.

pls sign petition here.